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Topic: Our New Log Cabin....Tent!! (Read 696 times)

It's been a while since Betty and I had a day out in the woods, Santa was very good to us this year via the kids with out-doorsy gifts and gift cards! We splurged some of the gift cards and got us a tent that looks like a log cabin for our car camping adventures!

Our ole legs and backs can't go as well as they use to, so 95% of our outings will be via car camping. On to the pics...

Heavy Duty Tarp for groundsheet....

Tent up without the roof/rain fly for nice weather....

Roof/rain fly on....inside of roof has a reflective inner liner for retaining heat or blocking sun...

Back of tent....

Betty and I relaxing after figuring out the set-up instructions....

We set up at Betty's family homestead site in the WMA. Her Great-Great-Great Grandfather bought the land from the Cherokees in the late 1700's. There is a beauty of a waterfall and stream just down the hill from the homestead.

The tent is 9 x 12 in the 'living' area with an enclosed 4 x 12 'porch'. So total footprint is 13 x 12 all together. We plan on using the tent Spring, Summer and Fall....don't think we can handle winter at our age, lol.

The screened in porch is also a feature we loved. There is one window on each wall, and the front door also has a mesh window in it as well, so it will be well ventilated in the hot weather here when it finally arrives. Was warmer inside with the roof on than outside thanks to the liner and all the windows 'closed'. Going to go to Lowes and get a piece of that green turf looking indoor/outdoor carpet cut to fit the porch area.

Ripstop by the roll has a custom print outdoor ink fabric now. I've been trying to design a barn wood for my hammock tarp. I saw a pup tent that looked like a fallen shed. very camouflaged in the woods.

These large tents have come down in price. I really like the porch. That's going to make summer camp a breeze. Ha see what I did there!!

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I recall seeing those kinds of tents for the first time in campgrounds in France and Germany back in the early 90s. I always wondered why I never saw any like them over here until just the past few years, but some Eupopean trends in camping styles seem to lag a bit before they become popular on this side of the pond. I always did think they were ultra-cool and they certainly would be more of a conversation starter in a campground than the newest cookie-cutter 5th wheel or motor home!

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The only chance you got at a education is listenin' to me talk!Augustus McCrae.....Texas Ranger Lonesome Dove, TX

Cool digs. Kelly and I lived in one (But it was forest green) for a couple of months one summer. We were able to roll up the fly on the front of the screen part and leave it like that all summer. Some birds build a nest in the roll and had babies. The parents gave us a good talking to every time we went in or came out. lol

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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving pretty with a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways in a cloud of smoke, thouroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow! What a ride!" Hunter S, Thompson